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stage in cancun in negotiations or in copenhagen back with president obama and other leading officials around the world gathered. >> the state efforts have accelerated, and we have unique relationship with the states. >> we created an clearinghouse that has 1000 entries, and people can just search us free and they can find states that have climate action plans on the books so they can develop their own plans. we also something of a transportation climate initiative which consists of -- the energy, the environment and the transportation agencies are all working together to introduce the energy juice that comes from the transportation sector while creating more sustainable energy. it's not unusual for us to get the policy out, department of homeland security to come over and talk to them about work. we also bring to the faculty some opportunity, it's cutting edge. >> we co-authored an article for the american bar association book that was published last summer. >> one thing that we've been talking about within georgetown is the opportunity to really have georgetown have a bigger role in
stage in cancun in negotiations or in copenhagen back with president obama and other leading officials around the world gathered. >> the state efforts have accelerated, and we have unique relationship with the states. >> we created an clearinghouse that has 1000 entries, and people can just search us free and they can find states that have climate action plans on the books so they can develop their own plans. we also something of a transportation climate initiative which consists of...
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on obama's legislative proposals, i'm afraid i'm a lot less sanguine. the least controversial one is the idea universal background checks. we will see how the actual legislation is written, but there are background checks, there are background checks. it's something that instance takes no more than 24 hours, say, and checks to make sure that people are not convicted felons, violent wife beaters, or have a history of mental illne illness. and it's a good verifiable system. that's pretty good. but what if it lasts weeks and weeks and weeks and is a pretext for keeping guns away from law-abiding citizens? or what if it interferes with of somehow inadvertently criminalizes and focal giving his nephew his gun for the weekend? or even renting it to his nephew to teach him about economics or what have you. you could have a lot of scenarios where there's transferring of guns privately whether do background checks connected, i just had too many guns. i'm a collector, i want to sell mind to another collector privately. this isn't about the gun show loophole. most
on obama's legislative proposals, i'm afraid i'm a lot less sanguine. the least controversial one is the idea universal background checks. we will see how the actual legislation is written, but there are background checks, there are background checks. it's something that instance takes no more than 24 hours, say, and checks to make sure that people are not convicted felons, violent wife beaters, or have a history of mental illne illness. and it's a good verifiable system. that's pretty good....
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obama became the president, not all that long after mr. harper to can the prime minister there was hope on the canadian side there would be a healthy relationship between the two. the politics are not similar but there from the same generation, there was pragmatist's and outsiders who came to reform the capitol. so we thought they would get along fine. unfortunately, over the first two years of the obama presidency it became clear that they do not agree on anything and so there was a problem. and the precipitating event in that relationship was president obama's dissention to delay -- decision to delay the final decision on the keystone pipeline until buddy election. mr. harper kind of forgot about that. within six weeks he implemented a major pettit in the canadian trade policy with states towards china. he essentially dropped keystone as a priority and picked up another pipeline in the gateway that seeks to ship oil to the coast on to china. and there's been a tone to the u.s.-canada relations since then >> our government has moved on. a
obama became the president, not all that long after mr. harper to can the prime minister there was hope on the canadian side there would be a healthy relationship between the two. the politics are not similar but there from the same generation, there was pragmatist's and outsiders who came to reform the capitol. so we thought they would get along fine. unfortunately, over the first two years of the obama presidency it became clear that they do not agree on anything and so there was a problem....
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i worked in the clinton administration and the obama administration and i shaped it when i was at the state department. i think it was a great announcement president made with europe and by the look forward working with you and the members of the committee to have a free and fair trade that expands the market. >> would you be open to -- >> i would be open to the discussion that still has to take place on that. i would certainly engage on it. >> my last question is a written question. thank you, mr. chairman. >> it on their retirement savings. we have a question posed generally earlier by senator cardin come and the committee has worked over the years of the ways and means committee starting in 2001 to expand their retirement savings and the theory has been if you can get more business to offer a 401k plan and get more people to take up the ira did you can expand people's ability to save for their retirement to take off the pressure on the social security. some of us are concerned that sometimes the administration seems less committed to that going forward in 2006 as you know the congr
i worked in the clinton administration and the obama administration and i shaped it when i was at the state department. i think it was a great announcement president made with europe and by the look forward working with you and the members of the committee to have a free and fair trade that expands the market. >> would you be open to -- >> i would be open to the discussion that still has to take place on that. i would certainly engage on it. >> my last question is a written...
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president obama is committed to moving forward on that and so am i. and so must you be ready to join us in that effort. [applause] can we all say thank you to the signers. [applause] so, think about all these things that i've listed. think about the world as you see it today. let's face it, we are all in this one together. no nation can stand alone. we share nothing so completely as our plan at. when we work with others large and small to develop and deploy the queen technologies that will power the new world, and they are there waiting for us, 6 trillion-dollar market, huge amounts of jobs. when we do that, we know we are helping create the new markets and opportunities for america's second to none innovators and entrepreneurs so that we can succeed in the next great revolution in the marketplace. we need to commit ourselves to doing the smart things and the right things and to truly take on this challenge because if we don't rise, then rising temperatures and a rising sea levels will surely lead to rising trusts. now ask any insurance company in ame
president obama is committed to moving forward on that and so am i. and so must you be ready to join us in that effort. [applause] can we all say thank you to the signers. [applause] so, think about all these things that i've listed. think about the world as you see it today. let's face it, we are all in this one together. no nation can stand alone. we share nothing so completely as our plan at. when we work with others large and small to develop and deploy the queen technologies that will...
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especially obama is on in the house back in 2014. as long as they continue to demonize republicans, especially house republicans, and they get hit at every turn, they're going to win back the house because people are believing this. it goes back to what you were saying a minute ago about the way republicans are being painted. the media is working hard at this. obama is working hard and his people are working very hard to bring the house back in 2014. that's her problem. >> host: >> guest: thanks. i'll say a couple things about that. i do think president obama has used rhetoric, which is outside the bounds of the rhetoric normally referring to republicans of slander of society, putting party ahead of country, wanting autistic in down syndrome children, not supporting medical research, not supporting programs of younger children and goes on and on and away they and on with this unusual and unfortunate for a president to do. i do think demonization in the presidential is like anything we've seen in a long time. secondly, there's just no
especially obama is on in the house back in 2014. as long as they continue to demonize republicans, especially house republicans, and they get hit at every turn, they're going to win back the house because people are believing this. it goes back to what you were saying a minute ago about the way republicans are being painted. the media is working hard at this. obama is working hard and his people are working very hard to bring the house back in 2014. that's her problem. >> host: >>...
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he noted that as a candidate, president obama expressed concerns. .. the sarah build these twin townhouses and gave one tough franklin and eleanor as of wedding gift in 1908. the new deal was shaped within these walls. and if you have a tour around the second-floor study and see where frances perkins was recruited to the cabinet, where franklin roosevelt made the commitment to her to start a social security program, this is really literally where the new deal took shape. came to hunter in 1942 after the other roosevelts does, and it was made possible by franklin and eleanor had made the first gift to purchase houses from the state. the houses were initially a student center, but closed in this repair in 1992. thanks to the vision and determination of hunter president to jennifer raab, the roosevelt houses were saved. they were renovated three years ago, and made into a public policy institute which has three principal purposes. one is to offer undergraduate programs, one on public policy and the other human-rights. second, the institute supports facult
he noted that as a candidate, president obama expressed concerns. .. the sarah build these twin townhouses and gave one tough franklin and eleanor as of wedding gift in 1908. the new deal was shaped within these walls. and if you have a tour around the second-floor study and see where frances perkins was recruited to the cabinet, where franklin roosevelt made the commitment to her to start a social security program, this is really literally where the new deal took shape. came to hunter in 1942...
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they'll be meeting with president obama and first lady michelle obama. vice president joe biden and his wife jill will also address the governors, and that'll happen at about 10:45 eastern. we will have live coverage of that here on c-span2. and we have more now from the national governors' association session focused on education, specifically the training, recruitment and retention of teachers and education leaders. governors heard from two presenters on the subject, co-director of the advocacy group public interest and an education scholar with the american enterprise institute. the discussion was led by connecticut governor dan malloy who chairs the national governors' association education and work force committee, also vice chair iowa governor terry branstad. this entire session lasts about an hour and a half. we'll show you as much of it as we can until the event with the president, and that'll happen in 45 minutes. >> the meeting of the national governors' association education and work force committee is called to order. thank you for joining us
they'll be meeting with president obama and first lady michelle obama. vice president joe biden and his wife jill will also address the governors, and that'll happen at about 10:45 eastern. we will have live coverage of that here on c-span2. and we have more now from the national governors' association session focused on education, specifically the training, recruitment and retention of teachers and education leaders. governors heard from two presenters on the subject, co-director of the...
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gas prices are up over 90% since president obama took office. economic activity for the fourth quarter of 2012 declined by .1%. it was projected to go up by about 1% to 1.2%. actually it declined by .1%. still the president refuses to approve a multibillion-dollar project, the keystone xl pipeline that will provide energy, create jobs, generate tax revenue and help reduce our dependence on oil from the middle east. he's still delaying even though every state, every state on the pipeline route has consented to the project. so every single state on the route has approved the project and will have better environmental stewardship with the project than without it. so let he phao*e -- let me repeat that. every state on the route approved the project and will have better environmental stewardship with the project than without it, yet the president continues to delay. recently a group of 53 senators, republicans and democrats, signed a letter asking him to approve without delay keystone x.l. pipeline project. the letter was signed by the majority withi
gas prices are up over 90% since president obama took office. economic activity for the fourth quarter of 2012 declined by .1%. it was projected to go up by about 1% to 1.2%. actually it declined by .1%. still the president refuses to approve a multibillion-dollar project, the keystone xl pipeline that will provide energy, create jobs, generate tax revenue and help reduce our dependence on oil from the middle east. he's still delaying even though every state, every state on the pipeline route...
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, is what is called the singh-obama knowledge initiative. we also need to develop specific immediately employment skills. we need better community colleges in the. we made a good beginning with a special event focusing on creating community colleges and how they would work in india. as many as 12 american community colleges were represented for which undersecretary sonnenschein visited india. ladies and gentlemen, let me draw my presentation to a few clear conclusions and recommendations on the way forward. first from our perspective, closer and more effective cooperation between us on terrorism is critical. there is strong public support in india for this aspect of our partnership. this has an impact on the bilateral and trilateral consultations and afghanistan and the region. we recognize and welcome your enduring commitment to the security and stability of afghanistan. we hope that our concerns also factor into your calculations. second, the relationship between his must now stand squarely on its own merits. it has taken decades for us to
, is what is called the singh-obama knowledge initiative. we also need to develop specific immediately employment skills. we need better community colleges in the. we made a good beginning with a special event focusing on creating community colleges and how they would work in india. as many as 12 american community colleges were represented for which undersecretary sonnenschein visited india. ladies and gentlemen, let me draw my presentation to a few clear conclusions and recommendations on the...
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barack obama is two things. he's a republican realist, number one, and he was ideological, more disciplined version of george bush. he has monopolized the territory of the republican party foreign policy but as one of the reasons i think that it's proven to be so contentious bidding it's not about chuck hagel at all it is about republicans trying to struggle on the fact that they need to somehow reset back to syria. the tragedy seems to me is this so much blood has flowed that it's impossible to imagine the negotiated transition and not enough to trivialize 60,000 dead and hundreds of thousands with life crippling injuries to force the divided self-centered destructive international community to emerge the unified policy but this is not barack obama. i voted for the republicans and democrats. i work for republicans and democrats. the notion that somehow he is responsible for this or that an early intervention would have prevented the radicalization, the fact is decentralization is the subtext of the air of -- ar
barack obama is two things. he's a republican realist, number one, and he was ideological, more disciplined version of george bush. he has monopolized the territory of the republican party foreign policy but as one of the reasons i think that it's proven to be so contentious bidding it's not about chuck hagel at all it is about republicans trying to struggle on the fact that they need to somehow reset back to syria. the tragedy seems to me is this so much blood has flowed that it's impossible...
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[applause] >> president obama recently honored this year's recipients of national awards in the areas of science and technology at a white house ceremony. he said the future of the nation depends on a spirit of curiosity and innovation. >> with well, it is my incredible pleasure and honor to welcome this incredibly talented group of men and women in the white house, and i want to congratulate them on earning america's highest honor for invention and discovery. the national medals of science, the national medals of technology and innovation. before we start i want to acknowledge the head of the national science foundation, dr. subra sarish who are with us here today. where is everybody? [laughter] where'd you go? there you go. i just wanted to make sure they all showed up. [applause] i especially want to thank secretary steven chu who announced this morning that he will be leaving the department of energy. that will be a loss for us. steve has been a great friend, a tremendous colleague over the past four years working on a whole range of energy issues, but also designing a cap to plug
[applause] >> president obama recently honored this year's recipients of national awards in the areas of science and technology at a white house ceremony. he said the future of the nation depends on a spirit of curiosity and innovation. >> with well, it is my incredible pleasure and honor to welcome this incredibly talented group of men and women in the white house, and i want to congratulate them on earning america's highest honor for invention and discovery. the national medals of...